List of countries by age structure
The following list of countries by age structure sorts the countries of the world according to the age distribution of their population. The population is divided into three groups:
- Ages 0 to 14 years: children
- Ages 15 to 64 years: working population or population in education
- Over the age of 65: retirees; elderly
The age structure of a country has a strong impact on society and the economy. If the proportion of 0–15-year-olds is very high, there may be a so-called youth bulge. If, on the other hand, the proportion of over 65 is very high, the social systems of a country can be heavily burdened.
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All numbers are for the year 2017. Source is the World Bank.
Country | Population by age | ||
---|---|---|---|
0 to 14[1] | 15 to 64[2] | Over 65[3] | |
Afghanistan | 43.2 % | 54.2 % | 2.6 % |
Albania | 17.4 % | 68.9 % | 13.2 % |
Algeria | 29.3 % | 64.5 % | 6.2 % |
Angola | 46.8 % | 50.8 % | 2.4 % |
Antigua and Barbuda | 23.9 % | 69.2 % | 6.9 % |
Argentina | 24.9 % | 63.9 % | 11.2 % |
Armenia | 20.0 % | 68.8 % | 11.2 % |
Aruba (Netherlands) | 17.9 % | 69.0 % | 13.1 % |
Australia | 19.0 % | 65.5 % | 15.5 % |
Austria | 14.1 % | 66.7 % | 19.2 % |
Azerbaijan | 23.3 % | 70.7 % | 6.0 % |
Bahamas | 20.5 % | 70.6 % | 9.0 % |
Bahrain | 19.7 % | 77.9 % | 2.4 % |
Bangladesh | 28.4 % | 66.5 % | 5.1 % |
Barbados | 19.1 % | 66.0 % | 15.0 % |
Belarus | 16.7 % | 68.5 % | 14.8 % |
Belgium | 17.1 % | 64.3 % | 18.6 % |
Belize | 31.4 % | 64.7 % | 3.9 % |
Benin | 42.7 % | 54.1 % | 3.2 % |
Bhutan | 26.6 % | 68.6 % | 4.9 % |
Bolivia | 31.6 % | 61.7 % | 6.7 % |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.1 % | 69.3 % | 16.6 % |
Botswana | 31.4 % | 64.7 % | 3.9 % |
Brazil | 21.7 % | 69.7 % | 8.6 % |
Brunei | 23.0 % | 72.4 % | 4.6 % |
Bulgaria | 14.2 % | 65.0 % | 20.8 % |
Burkina Faso | 45.2 % | 52.4 % | 2.4 % |
Burundi | 45.0 % | 52.4 % | 2.6 % |
Cape Verde | 30.2 % | 65.3 % | 4.5 % |
Cambodia | 31.3 % | 64.3 % | 4.4 % |
Cameroon | 42.7 % | 54.1 % | 3.2 % |
Canada | 16.0 % | 67.0 % | 17.0 % |
Central African Republic | 43.2 % | 53.1 % | 3.7 % |
Chad | 47.1 % | 50.4 % | 2.5 % |
Chile | 20.3 % | 68.6 % | 11.1 % |
China | 17.7 % | 71.7 % | 10.6 % |
Colombia | 23.5 % | 68.9 % | 7.6 % |
Comoros | 39.8 % | 57.3 % | 3.0 % |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46.3 % | 50.7 % | 3.0 % |
Republic of the Congo | 42.3 % | 54.3 % | 3.4 % |
Costa Rica | 21.3 % | 68.9 % | 9.5 % |
Croatia | 14.7 % | 65.6 % | 19.7 % |
Cuba | 16.1 % | 69.2 % | 14.7 % |
Curaçao | 18.7 % | 64.9 % | 16.4 % |
Cyprus | 16.8 % | 69.8 % | 13.4 % |
Czech Republic | 15.4 % | 65.6 % | 19.0 % |
Denmark | 16.5 % | 63.8 % | 19.7 % |
Djibouti | 31.1 % | 64.7 % | 4.2 % |
Dominican Republic | 29.3 % | 63.7 % | 7.0 % |
Ecuador | 28.4 % | 64.5 % | 7.1 % |
Egypt | 33.5 % | 61.4 % | 5.2 % |
El Salvador | 27.4 % | 64.4 % | 8.3 % |
Equatorial Guinea | 37.2 % | 60.0 % | 2.8 % |
Eritrea | 41.8 % | 54.6 % | 3.6 % |
Estonia | 16.4 % | 64.2 % | 19.5 % |
Eswatini (Swaziland) | 37.2 % | 59.7 % | 3.2 % |
Ethiopia | 40.6 % | 55.9 % | 3.5 % |
Fiji | 28.5 % | 65.3 % | 6.2 % |
Finland | 16.4 % | 62.4 % | 21.2 % |
France | 18.1 % | 62.2 % | 19.7 % |
Gabon | 35.9 % | 59.6 % | 4.5 % |
Gambia | 45.3 % | 52.3 % | 2.3 % |
Georgia | 19.2 % | 66.0 % | 14.9 % |
Germany | 13.1 % | 65.5 % | 21.5 % |
Ghana | 38.5 % | 58.1 % | 3.4 % |
Greece | 14.2 % | 65.4 % | 20.4 % |
Grenada | 26.3 % | 66.4 % | 7.3 % |
Guam (US) | 24.7 % | 65.7 % | 9.6 % |
Guatemala | 35.1 % | 60.3 % | 4.7 % |
Guinea | 42.3 % | 54.6 % | 3.1 % |
Guinea-Bissau | 40.7 % | 55.5 % | 3.0 % |
Guyana | 28.1 % | 65.7 % | 5.3 % |
Haiti | 33.0 % | 62.2 % | 4.8 % |
Honduras | 31.6 % | 63.7 % | 4.7 % |
Hong Kong | 11.5 % | 72.2 % | 16.3 % |
Hungary | 14.3 % | 67.1 % | 18.6 % |
Iceland | 20.1 % | 65.5 % | 14.4 % |
India | 27.8 % | 66.2 % | 6.0 % |
Indonesia | 27.4 % | 67.3 % | 5.3 % |
Iran | 23.7 % | 70.9 % | 5.4 % |
Iraq | 40.4 % | 56.4 % | 3.2 % |
Ireland | 21.6 % | 64.4 % | 13.9 % |
Israel | 27.9 % | 60.4 % | 11.7 % |
Italy | 13.5 % | 63.5 % | 23.0 % |
Ivory Coast | 42.4 % | 54.6 % | 2.9 % |
Jamaica | 22.7 % | 67.6 % | 9.7 % |
Japan | 12.9 % | 60.1 % | 27.0 % |
Jordan | 35.5 % | 60.7 % | 3.8 % |
Kazakhstan | 27.9 % | 65.1 % | 7.0 % |
Kenya | 40.5 % | 56.8 % | 2.7 % |
North Korea | 20.6 % | 69.9 % | 9.5 % |
South Korea | 13.5 % | 72.6 % | 13.9 % |
Kuwait | 21.1 % | 76.6 % | 2.3 % |
Kyrgyzstan | 31.8 % | 63.7 % | 4.5 % |
Laos | 32.9 % | 63.1 % | 4.0 % |
Latvia | 15.4 % | 64.8 % | 19.8 % |
Lebanon | 23.1 % | 68.4 % | 8.5 % |
Lesotho | 35.4 % | 60.1 % | 4.5 % |
Liberia | 41.8 % | 55.1 % | 3.1 % |
Libya | 28.2 % | 67.4 % | 4.4 % |
Lithuania | 14.8 % | 66.2 % | 19.0 % |
Luxembourg | 16.5 % | 69.2 % | 14.3 % |
Macau | 13.4 % | 76.9 % | 9.8 % |
North Macedonia | 28.0% | 63.8 % | 8.4 % |
Madagascar | 41.0 % | 56.1 % | 2.9 % |
Malawi | 44.0 % | 53.0 % | 3.0 % |
Malaysia | 24.3 % | 69.4 % | 6.3 % |
Maldives | 23.4 % | 72.5 % | 4.1 % |
Mali | 47.7 % | 49.8 % | 2.5 % |
Malta | 14.4 % | 66.1 % | 19.4 % |
Mauritania | 39.9 % | 56.9 % | 3.1 % |
Mauritius | 18.4 % | 70.7 % | 10.9 % |
Mexico | 26.7 % | 66.5 % | 6.9 % |
Federated States of Micronesia | 33.1 % | 62.1 % | 4.8 % |
Moldova | 15.7 % | 73.4 % | 10.9 % |
Mongolia | 29.7 % | 66.3 % | 4.0 % |
Montenegro | 18.1 % | 67.1 % | 14.8 % |
Morocco | 27.4 % | 65.8 % | 6.8 % |
Mozambique | 44.8 % | 52.1 % | 3.2 % |
Myanmar | 26.8 % | 67.4 % | 5.7 % |
Namibia | 36.7 % | 59.8 % | 3.6 % |
Nepal | 30.9 % | 63.3 % | 5.8 % |
Netherlands | 16.4 % | 64.8 % | 18.8 % |
New Zealand | 19.8 % | 64.9 % | 15.3 % |
Nicaragua | 29.0 % | 65.5 % | 5.4 % |
Niger | 50.2 % | 47.2 % | 2.6 % |
Nigeria | 44.0 % | 53.3 % | 2.8 % |
Norway | 17.8 % | 65.4 % | 16.8 % |
Oman | 21.8 % | 75.8 % | 2.4 % |
Pakistan | 34.8 % | 60.7 % | 4.5 % |
Palestine | 39.6 % | 57.4 % | 3.0 % |
Panama | 27.4 % | 64.7 % | 7.9 % |
Papua New Guinea | 35.9 % | 60.3 % | 3.8 % |
Paraguay | 29.4 % | 64.2 % | 6.4 % |
Peru | 27.4 % | 65.5 % | 7.2 % |
Philippines | 31.7 % | 63.5 % | 4.8 % |
Poland | 14.8 % | 68.4 % | 16.8 % |
Portugal | 13.6 % | 64.9 % | 21.5 % |
Puerto Rico (US) | 17.9 % | 66.9 % | 15.2 % |
Qatar | 13.9 % | 84.8 % | 1.3 % |
Romania | 15.3 % | 66.9 % | 17.9 % |
Russia | 17.6 % | 68.2 % | 14.2 % |
Rwanda | 40.1 % | 56.9 % | 3.0 % |
Samoa | 36.6 % | 57.8 % | 5.6 % |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 42.8 % | 54.3 % | 2.9 % |
Saudi Arabia | 25.2 % | 71.5 % | 3.3 % |
Senegal | 42.9 % | 54.1 % | 3.0 % |
Serbia | 16.5 % | 66.2 % | 17.4 % |
Seychelles | 22.2 % | 69.2 % | 8.6 % |
Sierra Leone | 42.1 % | 55.4 % | 2.5 % |
Singapore | 15.0 % | 72.1 % | 12.9 % |
Slovakia | 15.4 % | 69.6 % | 15.1 % |
Slovenia | 15.0 % | 66.0 % | 19.1 % |
Solomon Islands | 38.8 % | 57.7 % | 3.5 % |
Somalia | 46.4 % | 50.8 % | 2.7 % |
South Africa | 29.0 % | 65.7 % | 5.3 % |
South Sudan | 41.7 % | 54.9 % | 3.4 % |
Spain | 14.7 % | 65.9 % | 19.4 % |
Sri Lanka | 24.0 % | 65.9 % | 10.1 % |
Saint Lucia | 18.9 % | 71.4 % | 9.7 % |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.8 % | 68.5 % | 7.7 % |
Sudan | 40.8 % | 55.6 % | 3.5 % |
Suriname | 26.4 % | 66.6 % | 6.9 % |
Sweden | 17.5 % | 62.5 % | 19.9 % |
Switzerland | 14.9 % | 66.7 % | 18.4 % |
Syria | 36.6 % | 59.1 % | 4.3 % |
Tajikistan | 35.3 % | 61.3 % | 3.5 % |
Tanzania | 44.9 % | 52.0 % | 3.1 % |
Thailand | 17.3 % | 71.3 % | 11.4 % |
Timor-Leste | 43.6 % | 52.8 % | 3.6 % |
Togo | 41.6 % | 55.6 % | 2.8 % |
Tonga | 35.8 % | 58.3 % | 5.8 % |
Trinidad and Tobago | 20.7 % | 69.3 % | 10.0 % |
Tunisia | 24.0 % | 68.0 % | 8.0 % |
Taiwan | 13.12 % | 73.02 % | 13.86 % |
Turkey | 25.0 % | 66.9 % | 8.2 % |
Turkmenistan | 30.9 % | 64.8 % | 4.3 % |
Uganda | 47.7 % | 50.1 % | 2.2 % |
Ukraine | 15.5 % | 68.0 % | 16.5 % |
United Arab Emirates | 13.9 % | 85.0 % | 1.1 % |
United States | 18.9 % | 65.7 % | 15.4 % |
United Kingdom | 17.7 % | 63.8 % | 18.5 % |
Uruguay | 21.1 % | 64.3 % | 14.7 % |
Uzbekistan | 28.0 % | 67.5 % | 4.5 % |
Vanuatu | 36.0 % | 59.7 % | 4.4 % |
Venezuela | 27.6 % | 65.8 % | 6.6 % |
Vietnam | 23.1 % | 69.8 % | 7.2 % |
US Virgin Islands (US) | 20.1 % | 61.3 % | 18.6 % |
Yemen | 39.9 % | 57.2 % | 2.9 % |
Zambia | 44.8 % | 52.7 % | 2.5 % |
Zimbabwe | 41.2 % | 56.0 % | 2.8 % |
Visual statistic[]
Visualization based on data above
References[]
- ^ "Population ages 0-14 (% of total) | Data". Retrieved 2017-08-13.
- ^ "Population ages 15-64 (% of total) | Data". Retrieved 2017-08-13.
- ^ "Population ages 65 and above (% of total) | Data". Retrieved 2017-08-13.
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